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Laurie Kulikowski

TheStreet, Inc. author bio

Retail/Small Business Reporter

Laurie Kulikowski has been with TheStreet since September 2006, at first covering banks and financial services. She has also covered small business and the retail industry. She currently covers markets and investing.

Before working at TheStreet, Laurie was a reporter for American Banker, where she wrote about banks and markets. Prior to American Banker, she was the online managing editor at Financial Planning magazine.

Laurie received a Bachelor's degree in English literature from Binghamton University and a Master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.

With 40 restaurants under three high-end steakhouse brands, Del Frisco's CEO Mark Mednansky says it's a good time to be in the restaurant industry because affluent customers did well through the recession and are spending again